''Gonatium'' is a

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of dwarf spiders that was first described by

Anton Menge Franz Anton Menge (15 February 1808 in Arnsberg – 27 January 1880 in Danzig) was a German entomologist. Menge was a student of Physics, Chemistry and Natural history, Natural History at the University of Bonn He became professor at the Petris ...

in 1868.

Species

it contains twenty species, found in

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, and the

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: *'' Gonatium arimaense'' Oi, 1960 – Korea, Japan *'' Gonatium biimpressum''

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, 1884 – France (Corsica), Italy *'' Gonatium cappadocium'' Millidge, 1981 – Turkey *''

Gonatium crassipalpum ''Gonatium crassipalpum'' is a species of dwarf spider in the family Linyphiidae Linyphiidae, spiders commonly known as sheet weavers (from the shape of their webs), or money spiders (in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, an ...

'' Bryant, 1933 – USA, Canada *''

Gonatium dayense ''Gonatium'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1868. Species it contains twenty species, found in Algeria, Bulgaria, Canada, China, France, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Macedonia, Morocc ...

'' Simon, 1884 – Algeria *'' Gonatium ensipotens'' (Simon, 1881) – Portugal, Spain, France, Italy *'' Gonatium geniculosum'' Simon, 1918 – France *'' Gonatium hilare'' ( Thorell, 1875) – Central and southern Europe, Azerbaijan? *'' Gonatium japonicum'' Simon, 1906 – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan *'' Gonatium nemorivagum'' ( O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) – Southern Europe *'' Gonatium nipponicum'' Millidge, 1981 – Russia (Far East), Japan *'' Gonatium occidentale'' Simon, 1918 – Spain, France, Morocco, Algeria, Israel *'' Gonatium orientale'' Fage, 1931 – Romania, Bulgaria *'' Gonatium pacificum'' Eskov, 1989 – Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East) *'' Gonatium paradoxum'' ( L. Koch, 1869) – Europe *'' Gonatium petrunkewitschi'' Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya *''

Gonatium rubellum ''Gonatium'' is a genus of Linyphiidae, dwarf spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1868. Species it contains twenty species, found in Algeria, Bulgaria, Canada, China, France, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Maced ...

'' (Blackwall, 1841) – Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East) *'' Gonatium rubens'' (Blackwall, 1833) (

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) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Japan *'' Gonatium strugaense'' Drensky, 1929 – Macedonia *'' Gonatium tridentatum'' Irfan, Zhang, Cai & Zhang, 2025 –

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